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Wensley House
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Retirement living · Richmond, Tasman

Wensley House

Experion Holdings Wensley Limited · Richmond, Tasman · independent apartments + rest home care
Capital Back
36
the money ↓
See what life here is like — then weigh what it means for your family further down.
Wensley House Wensley House
The village

Life here

Wensley House sits in Richmond, Tasman, offering both independent living and rest home care under the Experion Care banner. Residents enjoy premier rooms with private gardens, multiple lounges, and a bistro where dining is part of the social rhythm. The team combines electronic care planning with hands-on attention—the kind that helps people heal and thrive.

Your home

Living options

Independent & Assisted Living

Choose from independent apartments or serviced apartments, each designed for comfort and connection.

✓ Independent apartments
✓ Serviced apartments
✓ Premier rooms with private gardens
✓ Ensuite bedrooms
✓ Car parking available
A day in the life

What living here is actually like

Life at Wensley House blends everyday comfort with purposeful activity.

Activities & Community

Residents enjoy organised activities, van trips, and time in multiple lounges. The on-site bistro and hair and beauty salon add convenience and social opportunity to daily life.

✓ Activities programme
✓ Van trips
✓ Multiple lounges
✓ Bistro dining
✓ Hair and beauty salon
On your doorstep

Facilities & services

Multiple lounges
Bistro
Hair and beauty salon
Car parking
Private gardens
Ensuite bedrooms
Peace of mind

Care for life, on site

If your health changes, you won't have to leave the place you know. Wensley House offers these levels of care on site:

Independent→Serviced→Rest home
✓ Rest home care · Day care · Respite care · Convalescent care · Electronic care planning
Where it is

Setting & neighbourhood

Wensley House is located at 49 Wensley Road in Richmond, Tasman, in the Nelson region. The village sits within a community setting that supports both independent living and those requiring rest home care, with easy access to local services and amenities.

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Now the practical part

The money — what comes back to your family

You've seen why you'd love it. This is the part most families only discover at the exit statement — so we put it in plain sight. Every figure is from the village's own filed Disclosure Statement.

Capital Back score
36
Below average · #380 of 520
Better than 27% of NZ villages — yet the market median is just 46. The sector is tough.
Deferred fee
24%
charged on your entry price
Your share of capital gain
0%
operator keeps 100% of any uplift
Time to get capital back
~187 days
median, from 5 recent resales
Fees after you leave
Continue
charged until the unit resells
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How the 36 is built

Nothing hidden — every component

The Capital Back score is a transparent weighting of five filed terms — you can see exactly where this village wins and loses.

Move-in fee you don't get back Deferred Management Fee — weighted 30%
24% deferred fee — lower is better.
40
Share of capital growth Capital gain to resident — weighted 15%
0% — the operator keeps any resale uplift.
0
Speed your capital returns Median resale time — weighted 30%
187 days across recent resales.
81
Fees stop when you leave Weekly fees on exit — weighted 15%
Fees continue until the unit resells.
0
Interest if repayment is slow Interest on delayed capital — weighted 10%
No interest on delayed repayment.
0
The filed terms, in plain English

What the Disclosure Statement actually says

Every operator uses different words for the same thing — we normalise them so you can compare like with like.

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Deferred Management Fee

24%

Accrues over your first 2 years, charged on the entry price.

Market: median 30%; only 16% of villages charge under 25%.
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Capital gain

0% to the resident

Any increase in the licence value at resale is kept entirely by the operator.

Market: just 8% of NZ villages share any capital gain.
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How fast your capital comes back

~187 days median

Your capital is repaid once the unit is re-licensed to a new resident. (Operator-stated average: 176 days.)

Market: median 154 days; 21 villages still average over a year.
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Fees & interest on exit

Watch this

Weekly fees continue until the unit resells.

Market: 220 of 520 villages keep charging weekly fees after you've gone.
Before you sign the ORA

The reckoning usually arrives too late

  • You're buying a licence to occupy, not the home — you can't sell, rent or borrow against it.
  • A large deferred fee is gone within a few years, whatever the unit later sells for.
  • Your family carries the risk of how long resale takes — and the operator's ability to pay.
  • None of this is hidden — it's all in the Disclosure Statement most people sign without reading.
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